About the Authors

Wen Li

WL is the first author on this work.

Affiliation Oncology Department of Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Shanghai TCM University, Shanghai, China

Qi Shi

Affiliation Oncology Department of Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Shanghai TCM University, Shanghai, China

Weibing Wang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Jianrong Liu

Affiliation Oncology Department of Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Shanghai TCM University, Shanghai, China

Qi Li

Affiliation Oncology Department of Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

Fenggang Hou

fghou555@126.com

Affiliation Oncology Department of Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Shanghai TCM University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL QS. Performed the experiments: WL JL. Analyzed the data: WL WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL WW. Wrote the paper: WL QS WW JL QL FH.